Greetings Python'ers: I'm just an amature who occasionally uses Python for complex mathematical models. The current model I'm working with occasionally generates really large numbers that are either "float" or "complex" types. These numbers are so large that I either get an overflow error, or some funky code like #INF or 1.#INDj. However I really need these numbers to be calculated (although precision isn't key). Is there a way to get python to increase the size limit of float and complex numbers? I should mention that I'm using a lot of pre-made modules and functions like math.exp() and scipy.special.erf() that don't seem to be able to use available types like "Decimal" or "FixedPoint" (especially since these don't seem to handle complex numbers).
Since I learn best by example, how could one solve the following problem: from math import exp >>>x=1000. >>>z=exp(x) so that z returns an actual value Thanks in advance for any advice! Todd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list